Construction analysis: The Technology and Construction Court (TCC) enforced an adjudicator’s decision relating to claims under the Defective Premises Act 1972 (DPA 1972) on a site that was completed 20 years prior to the claim being brought. In doing so, it rejected arguments from the defendant contractor around clarity and crystallisation of the claim itself, that the adjudicator had no jurisdiction to decide a claim under the DPA 1972, inequality of arms in terms of documentation and that the adjudicator had failed to consider a defence in relation to an allegation of concealment.
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